Alternative PHP Cache, or APC, is a module for Apache servers which is used to cache the output code of script applications. It is very efficient for scripts with large source code and could boost such a website up to 3 times. PHP sites are dynamic and each time a website visitor accesses some webpage, the script connects to a database in order to get some content, then the code is parsed and compiled before it's displayed to the website visitor. In case the output code does not change however, that is the case with websites which display the very same content all of the time, such actions trigger unnecessary reading and writing. What APC does is that it caches the previously compiled program code and delivers it each time visitors browse a website, so the database does not have to be accessed and the code doesn't need to be parsed and compiled repeatedly, that consequently lowers the site loading time. The module can be pretty efficient for informational websites, blogs, portfolios, etc.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Hosting

You can use APC with every single hosting plan that we provide since it's already set up on our advanced cloud platform and enabling it will take you only a couple of clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. As our system is quite flexible, you will be able to run Internet sites with different system requirements and decide if they will work with APC or not. For example, you can allow APC only for a single release of PHP or you could do the latter for several of the releases running on the platform. In addition, you can select if all websites working with a particular PHP version will use APC or if the latter will be active just for selected Internet sites and not for all sites in the website hosting account. The aforementioned option is useful when you want to employ a different web accelerator for some of your sites. These customizations are carried out with ease through a php.ini file in selected domain or subdomain folders.

APC (PHP Opcode Cache) in Semi-dedicated Servers

APC is available with all semi-dedicated server solutions because it's pre-installed on the cloud hosting platform where your account will be created. If you'd like to use this module, you'll be able to enable it with just a single click inside your Hepsia Control Panel and it'll be fully operational in a few minutes. As you may need to use some other web accelerators for selected Internet sites, our advanced platform will allow you to personalize the software environment in your account. You'll be able to activate APC for different releases of PHP or use it only for some Internet sites and not for others. For instance, a Drupal™-based Internet site could work with APC using PHP 5.4 and a WordPress site can work without APC using PHP 5.6. All it takes to do the latter is a php.ini file with a couple of lines in it, so you can run websites with different requirements from the same account.